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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8000446 | X-ray examination apparatus An X-ray examination apparatus (100) is described, comprising a mobile carriage (10) carrying a human-operable control input device (21) and a display device (22), the carriage (10) having a front side (11) and a back side (... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7983391 | System for reduction of exposure to X-ray radiation To reduce X-ray exposure, an area of interest is selected in the image. The image of the selected area is updated frequently, comparable to rate of updates used today for the whole image. The rest of the image is updated at a significantly lower rate. Since the area... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7447296 | Medical imaging device having means for rendering the detector orientation and the display orientation essentially equal The invention refers to a medical imaging device (1) comprising an X-ray source (2) for irradiating an object to be imaged. Detector means (3) having an adjustable orientation detect the X-rays after passage through the object. Conversion means ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7426261 | X-ray system, and method using an x-ray system An X-ray system includes a radiation source, a central control device, a mobile solid object detector, and a wireless communication link between the solid object detector and the control device. For an examination to run correctly, the mobile solid object detector i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7368717 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365332 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359481 | X-ray image diagnostic device An x-ray diagnostic imaging system with an x-ray irradiation unit for irradiating an object; an x-ray diaphragm unit for shielding the irradiated x-rays except for the x-rays irradiated on a portion used for obtaining an x-ray image of the object; an x-ray diaphragm... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356117 | X-ray inspection system The X-ray inspection system 10 comprises an X-ray electron conversion face 42 for converting an entered X-ray image transmitted through the measurement object into an electronic image, an output fluorescent face 46 for emitting fluorescence when... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356121 | System and method for supplying power to x-ray imaging systems Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for providing power to an x-ray imaging system including: sensing an electrical signal from a second power source; and routing the electrical signal from the second power source through at least one switc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352915 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus and image pickup apparatus and display apparatus suitable for the application of image processing method A lattice dividing unit determines lattice lines to divide parameters of all points of a picture at every division and supplies distortion correction parameters (distortion correction coordinates) on the lattice points to a distortion correction memory. A polynomial... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352840 | Micro CT scanners incorporating internal gain charge-coupled devices The present invention provides internal gain charge coupled devices (CCD) and CT scanners that incorporate an internal gain CCD. A combined positron emission tomography and CT scanner is also provided. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343000 | Imaging apparatus and imaging system An X-ray image radiographing system according to the present invention comprises an X-ray generator, a detection unit, a correction unit for performing a correction processing for the data outputted from the detection unit, and an output unit such as a monitor for o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342998 | X-ray detector quick-connect connection system An x-ray system quick-connect connection is disclosed to allow an end-user to de-couple a portable x-ray detector from an x-ray scanner/host. The quick-connect connection is accessible by the end-user without removal of a service panel that exposes an interior servi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342992 | X-ray apparatus provided with a positionally adjustable X-ray detector The invention relates to an X-ray apparatus which includes an X-ray source (2) for the emission of a conical X-ray beam and an X-ray detector (3) for the multiple detection of the X-rays after their passage through an object to be examined, being arran... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342221 | Radiation image pick-up device, radiation image pick-up method, and image pick-up system A plurality of correction images are obtained while changing the radiation energy of an incident radiation in the absence of an object. Subsequently, an object image is obtained in the presence of the object by emitting the radiation to the object. Then, the object ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340033 | X-ray unit having an automatically adjustable collimator The invention relates to a method and a unit for automatically adjusting a collimator (6). In this connection, a region (9) of interest inside the body is determined in an application-specific way from an analysis of first X-ray pictures, and the colli... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340034 | Image photographing apparatus and method An image processing method generates a small number of still images from a plurality of projected time-series images obtained in time series. The method includes storing the time-series images and performing subtraction between a value of a pixel of an entire or a p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336765 | Portable system and method for non-intrusive radioscopic imaging Described herein is a portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system that utilizes a multiple camera imager and advanced processing techniques to image suspicious containers. An X-ray sensor or imager utilizes a scintillating screen that produces fl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335887 | System and method for target inspection using discrete photon counting and neutron detection Described herein is system for the inspection of a target object. The system may include a gamma radiation source, a gamma detector and an image processor coupled to the gamma detector. When the inspection system is operating in a first active mode for imaging a tar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327830 | Collimation and calibration integrative apparatus for container inspection system A collimation and calibration integrative apparatus for container inspection system includes a collimating block; a calibrating block; a base plate; a motor and a plurality of supporting units fixed on the base plate; a transmission unit coupled to the motor for tra... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323692 | Flat-panel detector with avalanche gain The present invention is an indirect AMFPI wherein a phosphor such as a structured cesium iodide (CsI) is used to convert x-ray energy to optical photons or a charge, which is then detected by a two-dimensional array of either thin-film transistors (TFTs) such as an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324628 | Method of testing a medical imaging device A method of testing a portable x-ray device includes sensing an environmental stimulus experienced by the portable x-ray device, transmitting a signal related to the environmental stimulus to a processing unit, determining whether the signal meets an alert threshold... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324678 | Method for determining noise in radiography In order to model a fluoroscopic noise present in a radiography operation, two successive images of a same zone are used so that it is possible to pair the dots of the two images as a function of the zone of the space that they represent. The pairs of dots are group... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319805 | Active night vision image intensity balancing system A vision system (10) for a vehicle (14) includes a light source (46) that generates an illumination beam (20). A receiver (62) generates a first image signal and a second image signal. The first image signal is generated in respons... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300365 | Assembly for training hand/eye coordination An assembly for training the hand/eye coordination of an individual. The assembly comprises an unobstructed region where an individual maneuvers a training member through the unobstructed region. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292674 | Methods and devices for quantitative analysis of x-ray images The present invention relates to network enabled analysis of x-ray images. Also described are devices comprising calibration phantoms; methods of using these devices; methods of formulating databases containing information regarding x-ray images; the databases thems... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289652 | Medical viewing system and method for detecting and enhancing structures in noisy images A medical viewing system for displaying a sequence of images of a medical intervention that comprises moving and/or positioning a tool in a body organ, which tool is carried by a support to which at least one marker is attached at a predetermined location with respe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289602 | Portable, digital X-ray apparatus for producing, storing, and displaying electronic radioscopic images A portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system uses a pulsed X-ray source, a remote X-ray sensor, and a self-contained, display and controller unit to produce, store, and/or display digital radioscopic images of an object under investigation. The ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283605 | Methods and apparatus for scatter correction A method for reconstructing an image of an object includes scanning the object with a computed tomography (CT) system to obtain data, estimating a size of the object using the obtained data, using the estimated size of the object to perform scatter correction on the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274020 | Gamma vector camera A gamma vector camera detects and determines the energy and the direction of an incident gamma ray. The gamma vector camera includes a detector that produces scintillation light upon interaction with the incident gamma ray. A sensor records the locations and the int... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7257245 | Image position matching method and apparatus therefor When position matching is performed on two images in which the soft tissue structures and the bone tissue structures are displaced in different directions, artifacts appearing in the subtraction image are reduced, and it becomes possible to perform the position matc... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248748 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, and program There are provided an image processing apparatus and method. In this apparatus and method, high-frequency components are converted by multiple-frequency transformation in accordance with tone conversion used to change the dynamic range, thereby obtaining a high-qual... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245697 | Methods and devices for quantitative analysis of x-ray images The present invention relates to network enabled analysis of x-ray images. Also described are devices comprising calibration phantoms; methods of using these devices; methods of formulating databases containing information regarding x-ray images; the databases thems... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233689 | Method of processing images for digital subtraction angiography The invention relates to the field of digital subtraction angiography. An image processing method is applied to a digitized mask (100) and to a sequence of digitized opacified images (101). A logarithmic function (105) is applied to the values o... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227926 | Imaging apparatus and imaging system An X-ray image radiographing system comprises an X-ray generator, a detection unit, a correction unit for performing a correction processing for the data outputted from the detection unit, and an output unit for outputting data processed by the correction unit. More... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224769 | Digital x-ray camera Portable x-ray devices and methods for using such devices are described. The devices have an x-ray tube powered by an integrated power system. The x-ray tube is shielded with a low-density insulating material containing a high-Z substance. The devices can also have ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218707 | High-voltage vacuum tube High voltage vacuum tube (9) with an anode (3) and a cathode (4), the anode (3) and/or the cathode (4) being electrically insulted by means of an annular insulator (21/22). The annular insulator (21/22) is designed ar... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7197109 | Real-time digital x-ray imaging apparatus A x-ray diagnostic apparatus and methods perform Real-Time Digital Radiography with particular application in dental x-ray imaging modalities, such as Orthopantomography, Scannography, Linear Tomography and Cephalography, by using a versatile and robotized mechanica... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184583 | Image system for processing image data An image system for processing image data in the form of grey-scale value signals and for generating an image that can be displayed on a presentation device, in particular for a medical diagnostic device, has a circuit to harmonize the image data. This circuit is fa... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178980 | X-ray system with operating parameters that are automatically set dependent on the use of auxiliary equipment An x-ray system HAS adjustable operating parameters with a dependency existing between different auxiliary types of equipment selectable for an examination and a suitable setting of the parameter. A control system of the x-ray system has a data input device to detec... | 02/20/2007 |
